Not really that random, I'm constantly looking at what's going through the auctions on a weekly basis.Have to ask how do you go about bidding on all these random cars? How do you gauge how much they will cost you landed here. Another nice one.
I've a buddy in the trade that buys from Japan via an agent over there and I've also a Irish guy that's based over in Japan that helps me as well.
On the freight side I'm in the logistics game so I know the freight costs and customs and duties fees. You're taking a gamble buying any car in Japan so anything I'm buying is not that expensive, and in most cases they are inspected before I bid. It's hard to value some of the older stuff though, I've been way off on some car's in recent weeks.